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Dr. Jose Rodriguez Villarreal, Surgeon

Dr. Jose Rodriguez Villarreal, Surgeon
  • Bariatric Surgeon / General Surgeon / Medical Doctor

    Certified by FACS, CMCOEM, CONACEM


    Jose G. Rodriguez Villarreal ? D.O.B: April.11.1958 ? Nationality: Mexican

    Education

    • 1987 to 1990 – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – Cirugía General (General Surgery)
    • 1980 to 1986 – Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – Médico Cirujano y Partero (Medical Doctor)

    Work Experience

    • 2013 to Actual – Own Business: Rod Material y Equipo Médico S.A. de C.V.  – General Director / Investor
    • 2010 to Actual – Own Business: Global Rodzmed S.C.  – General Director / Investor
    • 1993 to Actual – Own Business: Private Practice – General Surgeon
    • 2003 to 2007 – Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Social Security Institute; IMSS), Cd. Acuña, Coahuila – Subdirector / General Surgeon
    • 2000 to 2003 – Servicios Médicos Municipales (Municipal health-care services) – Director
    • 1997 to 2000 – Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health; SSa), Regional Office, Cd. Acuña, Coahuila – Head Chief
    • 1992 to 1997 – Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de Los Trabajadores del Estado (The Institute for Security and Social Services for State Workers; ISSSTE), Cd. Acuña, Coahuila – Director / General Surgeon
    • 1990 to 1992 – Secretaría de Salud (Ministry of Health; SSa), General Hospital, Cd. Acuña, Coahuila – Subdirector / General Surgeon

    Memberships

    • Member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)
    • Member of the International Federation of Surgery for the Obesity (IFSO)
    • Member of the International Federation of Surgery for the Obesity of Latinamerica (IFSOLAC)
    • Member of the Mexican Society of the Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE)
    • Member of the Mexican College of Obesity Surgery and Metabolic Diseases (CMCOEM)

    Courses and Certifications

    • 2016 Fellow: American College of Sugeons (F.A.C.S.)
    • 2017 – Professor: XIX Congreso Internacional de Cirugía para Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas. Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C.
    • 2017 – Professor: Universidad Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina División de Estudios de Posgrado Subdivisión de Educación Continua
    • 2017 – Professor: XXVI Congreso Internacional de Cirugía Endoscopia.
    • 2017 – Professor: XIX Congreso Internacional Avances En Medicina, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara. CIAM
    • 2017 – Professor: XLI Congreso Internacional de Cirugía General". Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General, A.C. Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Especialistas en Cirugía General, A.C
    • 2017 – Professor: Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad Y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C, "Primer Congreso Nacional para el Manejo Quirúrgico y Multidisciplinario de la Diabetes Tipo 2.
    • 2012 to 2017 – Professor: American College of Surgeons.
    • 2012 to 2017 – Professor: Inmersión Quirúrgica / Medtronic - Educación RM. Universidad de Monterrey.
    • 2016 – Professor: Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C
    • 2016 – Professor: XXIII Jornadas Anuales del Colegio Estatal de Cirugía A.C.
    • 2016 – Professor: XIII Reunión Regional de la Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica, A.C., “Los 4 Pilares De La Cirugía Laparoscópica".
    • 2016 – Professor: Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C, "Primer Congreso Nacional para El Manejo Quirúrgico y Multidisciplinario de la Diabetes Tipo 2.
    • 2016 – Professor: Universidad de Monterrey, División de Ciencias de la Salud UMAE Hospital de Especialidades No.25 CMNN.
    • 2015 – Professor: International Federation for The Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders.
    • 2015 – Professor: Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía para la Obesidad y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C
    • 2015 – Professor: XII ECOS Internacionales en Cirugía General. Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General, A.C., Colegio De Postgraduados en Cirugía General, A.C., Federación Mexicana De Colegios De Especialistas En Cirugía General, A.C.
    • 2015 – Professor: Conference Center At Harvard Medical School.
    • 2015 – Professor: Universidad de Monterrey, División de Ciencias de la Salud UMAE Hospital de Especialidades No.25 CMNN.
    • 2015 – Professor: XXIV Congreso Internacional De Cirugía Endoscópica.
    • 2015 – Professor: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina División de Estudios de Posgrado Subdivisión de Educación Continua.
    • 2014 – Professor: Cirugía Metabólica, Colegio Mexicano de Cirugía Para La Obesidad Y Enfermedades Metabólicas, A.C.
    • 2014 – Professor: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Medicina División de Estudios De Posgrado Subdivisión de Educación Continua.
    • 2014 – Professor: Universidad de Guanajuato, División de Ciencias de la Salud, "6to Congreso de Especialidades del Hospital del Aranda de la Parra.
    • 2014 – Professor: La Facultad De Medicina De La UANL."Cirugía Endoscópica: A XXV Años De Su Inicio, Estatus Actual Y Proyección Futura"
    • 2014 – Professor: Hospital Aranda de la Parra.
    • 2014 – Professor: XVI Congreso Nacional De Cirugía Para La Obesidad Y Enfermedades Metabólicas.
    • 2014 – Professor: Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, Latin American Forum.
    • 2013 – Professor: Colegio De Cirugía General Del Estado De Puebla A.C.
    • 2012 – Professor: Asociación de Médicos Egresados de la Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez.  Chihuahua Gobierno del Estado, Secretaria de Salud.
    • 2012 – Professor: Decimoquinto Congreso De Cirugía Para La Obesidad Y Enfermedades Metabólicas.
    • 2012 – Professor: Congreso Nacional De Cirugía Para La Obesidad Y Enfermedades Metabólicas.
    • 2012 – Professor: Instituto De Ciencias Biomédicas Y El Departamento De Ciencias De La Salud.
    • 2012 – Professor: XIII World Congress Of Endoscopic Surgery.
    • 1986 to 2012: Professor and assistant in many congresses and certifications proccesses.  

    Publications

    2016 – “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Results at 10 years”; Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases (SOARD) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2016.08.041

    2015 – “Revisional Surgery Following Laparoscopic Gastric Plication”; Surgery For Obesity And Related Diseases (SOARD) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soard.2015.10.043

    Other

    • English
    • Microsoft Office 2011 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)
    • iWorks (Pages, Numbers, Keynotes)
    • G-Suite / Google

    Dr. Jose G. Rodríguez Villarreal, graduated in Medicine at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico in 1986. After finishing the three years residency program at the Regional Hospital of the Institute for Security and Social Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) in 1990, he returned to Cd. Acuña, Coahuila to work in public sector as Surgeon General and Sub-director in the Ministry of Health´s (SSa) General Hospital. At the same time, he started his private practice in 1991 in “EJEZA” Hospital, a private hospital in Cd. Acuña. He started as pioneer and founder of laparoscopic procedures in the northern part of Mexico in March of 1991, performing surgeries like cholecystectomy, appendicectomy, etc, bringing the first laparoscopic equipment to the private sector.

    In 1992, he was invited to work as director with ISSSTE´s regional hospital in Cd. Acuña. In 1997, the mayor of Cd. Acuña ask him to become Head Chief of the Ministry of Health´s regional office, where he created several public health programs in obesity and infectious diseases.

    In 2000, he moved to work as director of Municipal health-care services, a program funded by the government to help minimize local health issues, in here, he started alcohol regulations in the city and “AA” programs, also continue his practice in chronic degenerative diseases like obesity and diabetes, always looking to control the populations critical and costly diseases.

    In the meantime, while he was doing public office work, he worked in the private practice, doing general surgery and bariatric surgery. Being one of the pioneers in bariatric surgery in Mexico, he actively participated in the Mexican College of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgeons (at the time it was only an association, not a college) for education advancements and exchange of information between bariatric surgeons.

    Because of the demand in bariatric surgery was rising, he left his public service but still was invited to work as sub-director in Mexican Social Security Institute´s (IMSS) regional hospital in 2003, where he did mostly general surgery in the hospital. He was mostly focus in his private practice, having operated on more than 8,000 gastric bands in 7 years (2000 - 2007), at the time he also worked on gastric bypass and was one of the pioneers to start working with gastric sleeve in 2004. He worked in both Cd. Acuña and Piedras Negras, Coahuila to have the best medical care in both cities and cover the needs of both borders. He founded and pioneer bariatric surgery clinics in both cities.

    In 2007 he changed from Cd. Acuña to Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua to work in 2 of the biggest conglomerates hospital with the best healthcare system in the country, Angeles Group Hospitals and Star Medica Hospitals. He then founded Global Rodzmed S.C. with the intention of being the coordination office for bariatric surgery and all other type of medical surgical services we offer. He became head of surgery in both hospitals and founded bariatric surgery centers, being the first to have a complete interdisciplinary system in the city. In 2013, he created a sister organization called “Rod Material y Equipo Médico S.A. de C.V.” to help manage the medical equipments and inventory control, working directly with Medtronic and Johnson and Johnson. In 2012, he open office in Tijuana, in 2014 in Monterrey and in 2015 in Mexico city. To date, he has more than 50 people working directly to him in Mexico and more than 20 in the US.

    Since 2003 he has been an invited speaker and committee member for CMCOEM, AMCE, AMCG, ASMBS, IFSO, IFSOLAC, LAF. He has given keynotes in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, United States, and United Kingdom. He has published in 2015 “Revisional Surgery Following Laparoscopic Gastric Plication” and in 2016 “Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Results at 10 years”. He serves as a journal reviewer for Obesity Surgery and SOARD. Since 2012 he founded “Educación RM” with the sole purpose to educated fellow bariatric surgeons on his way of work, inside and out of the OR, he has trained more than 170 bariatric surgeons, 30 anesthesiologist, and 80 interdisciplinary personnel.

    Today, he has performed more than 25,000 surgeries in bariatric surgery alone, and an average of more than 10,000 other type of surgeries.